On Feb. 25, 1944, 79 years ago this weekend, the Exchange opened a PX on an island that’s a little less than 2,000 miles from Papua New Guinea and about 2,100 miles from Hawaii, and…
Valentine’s Day is usually associated with red, but for the Exchange, Valentine’s Day 1994 at Walt Disney World Resort was more about Shades of Green.
Why does the Exchange have gold and platinum albums at headquarters? Also: A look back at an Exchange record shop; associates who became songwriters.
On Jan. 25, 2011—12 years ago this week—protests against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s regime broke out in Egypt, where the streets of downtown Cairo were filled with thousands of protesters. Mass arrests, injuries and a…
The freed hostages were first flown to Algiers, Algeria, before they were transported to Rhein-Main Air Base near Frankfurt, Germany. The 50,000-square foot Hainerberg shopping center near Wiesbaden, about 25 miles west of the air…
On Jan. 16, 2013, the Exchange’s Wounded Heroes Service Center celebrated its grand opening at Kleber Kaserne, part of the Kaiserlautern Military Community in Germany,
At 12:30 a.m. Dec. 20, 1989, President George H.W. Bush initiated Operation JUST CAUSE, sending 24,000 troops from every branch of the military to Panama to protect U.S. military bases in the country from an…
On Dec. 9, 1956—66 years ago today—President Eisenhower announced that 15,000 Hungarian refugees would be allowed to enter the United States after Soviet troops crushed an uprising in Budapest. Operation Safe Haven, also known as…
In 1966, seeking a location in the central part of the country, Exchange leaders made the decision to relocate headquarters to Dallas after having been based in New York City since the late 1940s. The…
On Veterans Day, the Exchange will mark the fifth anniversary of the Veterans online shopping benefit. But the Nov. 11, 2017, launch was the culmination of a long journey